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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (15180)	8/29/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>>It is beyond me how you can compare Amazon to AOL. They are so very different. Both are companies who chose (proven wise in AOL's case) to accrue huge losses early-on establishing their brands and territory in cyberspace.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (15180)	8/30/1998 10:41:00 PM
From: IMPRISTlNE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

It is beyond me how you can compare Amazon to AOL Oh...Glen...please..buddy....let me take a stab <G> CASE VS BOZO <sic>: both drive Hondas? both have poor marketing vision? both like to ship crap for free? both have poor awareness of market demand? both have problems growing to billion dollar a quarter in revenues? both give up at the first sign of adversity? both say yes to escalating marketing budgets? both flunked accounting? both like to illegally cook the books to avoid jail? both have no clue about hiring the right people? both are arrogant? both have difficulty making the right friends or obtaining financing? both have no understanding of growth? both have difficulty managing capital expenditures? both have perceived low margin biz? both sit and think all day about all the ways they are going to fail? both have the same hairdresser? both give lousy interviews? both have no creativity or flexibility? both lack persistence? both worry so much about the "competition" that they are paralyzed? both have problems with enormous growth? both are hated by losers? both have bad hair days? both have 4 letter last names? both are gutless jellyfish? both live in apartments? both will move to the NYSE..if they could have a better ticker symbol?